The overall diet quality of U.S. toddlers has improved significantly since 1999, and they consume fewer added sugars, according to a cross-sectional study published in Pediatrics. “Despite the importance of early life influences on diet, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) had minimal dietary recommendations for 0- to 2-year-olds until the 2020-2025 iteration,” Meghan Zimmer,
CHICAGO — Major adverse financial events such as bankruptcy, lien or eviction prior to a cancer diagnosis were associated with increased risk for all-cause and…
A Supreme Court decision that could overturn the Affordable Care Act’s coverage mandate for preventive health screenings could “dramatically change” early detection of hepatitis C…
SAN FRANCISCO — COPD mortality rates varied across North Carolina, often correlating with access to care and other risk factors, according to a pair of…
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Consider using an artificial iris implant in patients with congenital or acquired aniridia, Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD, told Healio at…
CHICAGO — A once-weekly basal insulin conferred similar HbA1c to once-daily insulins among adults with type 2 diabetes, both in previous basal insulin users and…
CHICAGO — Women who replaced their lunchtime diet beverage with water had greater weight loss and achieved diabetes remission compared with women who continued drinking…
CHICAGO — An intervention designed to emphasize management of overweight and obesity in primary care settings was associated with population-wide weight loss, researchers reported at…
CHICAGO — Inhaled insulin is an “important alternative” to injected rapid-acting analog insulin for children and teens with diabetes, according to a speaker at the…
CHICAGO — Adults with overweight or obesity who received once-weekly ecnoglutide, a novel GLP-1 receptor agonist, had superior and sustained reductions in body weight compared…
The prevalence and severity of refractive and corneal astigmatism in children rose after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
